Sky TV retention deals ( post your haggling successes )

MouldyOldDough

What will happen to all of us Q and HD customers when Sky dump satellite access in a couple of years time ?

https://www.cordbusters.co.uk/tv-recording-freely-end-of-era/

Will they give us rebates / refunds - because of losing the ability to record - being limited to a cheaper.

streaming service ?

I bet they don't !

And Sky are going to end up with a greatly reduced number of customers ("Freely" is FREE)

Boohoo

MouldyOldDough said:

What will happen to all of us Q and HD customers when Sky dump satellite access in a couple of years time ?

https://www.cordbusters.co.uk/tv-recording-freely-end-of-era/

Will they give us rebates / refunds - because of losing the ability to record - being limited to a cheaper.

streaming service ?

I bet they don't !

And Sky are going to end up with a greatly reduced number of customers ("Freely" is FREE)

I would imagine that Sky would put a clause or something like that in the new contracts when people recontract for 24 months so they have way of not paying.

This is Sky of course we are on about so who knows apart from them.

I thought it was 2029 whether Sky satellite contracts end?

MouldyOldDough

Boohoo said:

MouldyOldDough said:

What will happen to all of us Q and HD customers when Sky dump satellite access in a couple of years time ?

https://www.cordbusters.co.uk/tv-recording-freely-end-of-era/

Will they give us rebates / refunds - because of losing the ability to record - being limited to a cheaper.

streaming service ?

I bet they don't !

And Sky are going to end up with a greatly reduced number of customers ("Freely" is FREE)

I would imagine that Sky would put a clause or something like that in the new contracts when people recontract for 24 months so they have way of not paying.

This is Sky of course we are on about so who knows apart from them.

I thought it was 2029 whether Sky satellite contracts end?

You may be correct - Its definitely within a few years !

How many non streaming customers does Sky currently have ?

As of April 2018, Sky Q had approximately 3.6 million customers in the UK, Ireland, and Italy. The number of customers may have increased since then, but specific current figures are not available.

I estimate 6 million for no reason other than I like 6

jno

No interest in streaming from Sky. If they close the sat offering I'll leave. I'm a sat fan though and my Wavefrontier sat dish has LNBs pointed at 28east for Sky UK, 19east for German TV (plenty of darts on) plus a few others (had my dish for almost 20 years and it's served me way cheaper than Sky subscriptions).

Personally I find sat more reliable than streaming. Also if you can live with German commentary and don't watch UK football then you'll probably save a lot of money.

FUrake

yeh streaming isnt for me either, the delay is ridiculous, especially for sports, heard it can be up to 35-40 seconds behind, thats hopeless for me

miller

I assume Sky Sports+ games that are not on the main channel are streamed as I've seen some buffering.

Mister_Saxon

Hi, so I have given notice to terminate my Sky Q package after 10 years. It’s set to cancel on 4th September.

My current package is:

·         Sky Signature

·         Sky Sports

·         Sky Cinema

·         HD/UHD

·         Multiscreen

Price set to increase to £107.50! Hence the cancellation. Ideally, I would like to keep the same package and my Netflix deal has now ended so would like to add standard or premium to my deal as I have read about peoples successes adding these to their packages. Do you think I could get a better deal than the £59 they are offering with Netflix (with ads)? I was going to give them an opportunity to keep me as customer in my last week of cancellation, but I have read letting it cancel for the day is the best way to get a better deal. Any help would be appreciated.

MeteredOut

MouldyOldDough said:

Boohoo said:

MouldyOldDough said:

What will happen to all of us Q and HD customers when Sky dump satellite access in a couple of years time ?

https://www.cordbusters.co.uk/tv-recording-freely-end-of-era/

Will they give us rebates / refunds - because of losing the ability to record - being limited to a cheaper.

streaming service ?

I bet they don't !

And Sky are going to end up with a greatly reduced number of customers ("Freely" is FREE)

I would imagine that Sky would put a clause or something like that in the new contracts when people recontract for 24 months so they have way of not paying.

This is Sky of course we are on about so who knows apart from them.

I thought it was 2029 whether Sky satellite contracts end?

You may be correct - Its definitely within a few years !

How many non streaming customers does Sky currently have ?

As of April 2018, Sky Q had approximately 3.6 million customers in the UK, Ireland, and Italy. The number of customers may have increased since then, but specific current figures are not available.

I estimate 6 million for no reason other than I like 6

I suspect losing satellite broadcasting could be an existential threat to Sky, and I don't think I'm exaggerating. They prey on the lethargy of their customers, but come the time where people have to move to a streaming service, they will lose a significant number.

Boohoo

MeteredOut said:

MouldyOldDough said:

Boohoo said:

MouldyOldDough said:

What will happen to all of us Q and HD customers when Sky dump satellite access in a couple of years time ?

https://www.cordbusters.co.uk/tv-recording-freely-end-of-era/

Will they give us rebates / refunds - because of losing the ability to record - being limited to a cheaper.

streaming service ?

I bet they don't !

And Sky are going to end up with a greatly reduced number of customers ("Freely" is FREE)

I would imagine that Sky would put a clause or something like that in the new contracts when people recontract for 24 months so they have way of not paying.

This is Sky of course we are on about so who knows apart from them.

I thought it was 2029 whether Sky satellite contracts end?

You may be correct - Its definitely within a few years !

How many non streaming customers does Sky currently have ?

As of April 2018, Sky Q had approximately 3.6 million customers in the UK, Ireland, and Italy. The number of customers may have increased since then, but specific current figures are not available.

I estimate 6 million for no reason other than I like 6

I suspect losing satellite broadcasting could be an existential threat to Sky, and I don't think I'm exaggerating. They prey on the lethargy of their customers, but come the time where people have to move to a streaming service, they will lose a significant number.

But if people want a legit way of watching pay sports TV then they will have no option but to go on the stream platform.

Virgin media are going the same way and as are BT/EE .

2029 sometime the satellite goes off so it will be interesting to see what contracts Sky offer in 2027 and if they insert a get out of jail card regarding no satellite signal on Q or HD+ after 2027.

adriantink69

Need some advice please good people, this is my next bill, feel I'm getting fleeced here... those 'offer end dates' were ones that Sky just added, I'm out of contract for both BB and TV basically...I thought £153 was bad, but going to £173 and then £182!!

HELP!!

Broadband

Detail

Amount

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Sky WiFi

£0.00

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Sky Broadband Superfast

£46.00£35.50

£46.00 discounted to £35.50

In-Contract discount:-£5.00

•  Offer end date: 1st October 2026

Broadband Subscription Discounted:-£5.50

•  Offer end date: 1st October 2026

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Sky Broadband Boost

£7.50£4.50

£7.50 discounted to £4.50

Broadband Boost Discounted:-£3.00

•  Offer end date: 1st October 2026

TV

Detail

Amount

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Sky Signature

-£11.36£6.10

-£11.36 discounted to £6.10

In-Contract discount:-£5.00

•  Offer end date: 1st October 2025

Core Sky TV Subscription Discounted:-£1.60

•  Offer end date: 9th September 2025

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Ultimate TV Add on

£9.00

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Sky Sports Complete including Sky Sports+

£34.00£31.60

£34.00 discounted to £31.60

Sky Sports Subscription Discounted:-£1.07

•  Offer end date: 9th September 2025

Sky Sports Subscription Discounted:-£1.33

•  Offer end date: 9th September 2025

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TNT Sports

£31.00

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TNT Sports HD

£0.00

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Sky Cinema

£13.00£12.20

£13.00 discounted to £12.20

Sky Cinema Subscription Discounted:-£0.80

•  Offer end date: 9th September 2025

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Sky Sports HD

£6.00£2.00

£6.00 discounted to £2.00

Sky Sports HD Subscription Discounted:-£4.00

•  Offer end date: 9th June 2106

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Sky HD

£9.00£8.20

£9.00 discounted to £8.20

Sky HD Subscription Discounted:-£0.80

•  Offer end date: 9th September 2025

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Multiscreen

£15.00£14.73

£15.00 discounted to £14.73

Sky Multiscreen Subscription Discounted:-£0.27

•  Offer end date: 9th September 2025

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Disney+

£12.99

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Sky 3D

£0.00

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Ultra HD

£4.00£3.47

£4.00 discounted to £3.47

Ultra HD Subscription Discounted:-£0.53

•  Offer end date: 9th September 2025